Suggested Reading: A Personal Listing
Books
Books that I have read and enjoyed as opposed to books one
is supposed to have read and enjoyed. Though some of these
books would be better introduced with warning labels than
endorsements (i.e., not all are Christian texts).
1. The Bible because there is no substitute if we
want to understand our own cultural history.
2. Augustine, The Confessions and The City of God.
3. Berry, Wendell, novels and poetry.
4. Bloom, Allan, The Closing of the American Mind: how
higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the
souls of today's students. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1988, c1987.
5. Bloom, Metropolitan Anthony (Archbishop Anthony Bloom),
Meditations on a theme: a spiritual journey (London,
Oxford, Mowbrays, 1972, c1971) and School for Prayer (now
published as Living Prayer).
6. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, The Cost of Discipleship
(London: SCM Press, 1964, c1959), Letters and Papers from
Prison (Nwe York, Macmillan, 1967), and Life Together
(New York, Harper, 1954).
7. Bruce, FF, The Spreading Flame: the rise and progress
of Christianity from its first beginnings to the conversion
of the English (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1982) and his
bible commentaries (most published by Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Eerdmans).
8. Chesterton, GK, Orthodoxy and The Everlasting
Man (New York, Dodd, Mead and company, 1943, c 1925).
9. Colson's books - marvellous stories, terrible style.
10. Cronin, AJ, The Keys of the Kingdom. A family
favourite.
11. Dallimore's biography of Whitfield.
12. Dostoyevsky especially The Brothers Karamazov.
13. Eliot, George, especially Adam Bede and Middlemarch.
14. Elliott, Elizabeth, for the challenge.
15. Ellul, Jacques, especially The Subversion of Christianity
and The Humiliation of the Word.
16. Greene, Graham, his novels especially as they deal with
faith.
17. Grubb, Rees Howells Intercessor. Almost beyond
belief.
18. Hardy, Thomas. His novels especially Jude the Obscure.
19. Hoggart, Richard, The Uses of Literacy: aspects of
working class life, with special reference to publications
and entertainments (London: Chatto and Windus, 1971, 1957)
20. Hopkin's biography of Charles Simeon.
21. Hugo, Victor, Les Miserables.
22. Johnson, Paul, A History of Christianity (New
York: Atheneum, 1976, t.p.1977) and Intellectuals (New
York: Harper and row, c1988 or New York: Perennial Library,
1990, c1988).
23. Koestler, Arthur, The Ghost in the Machine (New
York: Macmillan, 1968, c1967) and Darkness at Noon
(translated by Daphne Hardy) (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books,
1965, c1940).
24. Kreeft, Peter, all his books for the unique approach
to apologetics, especially Making Sense out of Suffering
and Three philosophies of Life, and many other titles.
25. Lewis, CS. All his work is worth reading: the Narnia
stories, the science fiction, Till We Have Faces and
the apologetics especially The Abolition of Man.
26. Lloyd-Jones, Martin, especially Faith on Trial,
Joy Unspeakable, Spiritual Depression and The
Sermon on the Mount. His Biography is also an excellent
read.
27. Macdonald, George. His novels for the stories and their
purpose.
28. Mackay, The Clockwork Image and Mind and Matter.
29. Manzoni, Alessandro, The Betrothed: a tale of XVII
century Milan (translated by Archibald Colquhoun) (London:
Dent, 1983).
30. MacIntyre, Alasdair, After Virtue: a study in moral
theory (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press,
1984).
31. Medaware especially The Art of the Possible.
32. Muggeridge, Malcolm. Anything after his conversion is
worth reading for its marvellous analysis of our times.
33. Newbiggin, Leslie, Foolishness to the Greeks.
34. O'Brien, Michael, Father Elijah's Apocalpse (Ignatius).
A novel that reduces one to prayerful tears.
35. O'Donovan, Rediscovering Christianity.
36. Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662), The Pensees (translated
and introduced by JM Cohen) (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books,
c1961).
37. Polanyi Michael, Personal Knowledge
38. Popper for the philosophy of science. Easiest in Magee's
Fontana book Popper.
39. Ramsey, Paul, The Patient as Person; explorations
in medical ethics (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970).
40. Roseveare, Helen, for the challenge.
41. Russell, Crosscurrents: A Christian Analysis of Science,
42. Sire, James, The Universe Next Door, easy to read
introduction to world views.
43. Solzenhitsyn especially The Gulag, Cancer ward.
44. St John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul
(translated, abridged, and edited by Kurt Reinhardt) (New
York: F. Ungar Publishing Company, 1957).
45. St Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (translated
and introduced by Leo Sherley-Price) (New York: Dorset, 1986).
46. Stott, JRW, Basic Christianity and The Sermon
on the Mount. "The Bible Speaks for Today" is
an excellent series of commentaries edited by Stott.
47. Taylor, AJP, on British history (Oxford University Press).
48. Tolkien, JRR, The Lord of the Rings.
49. Vitz, Paul, Psychology as Religion: the cult of self-worshiping
(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, c1977).
50. Weils, Simone, her books on problems with faith.
51. Wesley, John (1703-1791)
- The journal of John Wesley: a selection (edited
and introduced by Elisabeth Jay) (Oxford, New York: Oxford
University Press, 1987).
- Heitzenrater, Richard, John Wesley his own biographer
(Nashville: Abingdon Press, c1966).
- Schmidt, Martin, John Wesley; a theological biography
(translated by Norman Goldhawk) (London: Epworth Press,
1971, c1966).
52. Willard, Dallas, The Divine Conspiracy (Harper
Collins).
53. Williams, Charles. His novels especially Descent into
Hell (Grand Rapids, Mich.:Eerdmans, 1975, c1949).
54. Lindberg, David, The Beginnings of Western Science,
Univ. of Chicago Press
55. Midgley, Mary, Evolution as a Religion
56. O'Brien, Michael, Father Elijah's Apocalypse and
Island of the World (Ignatius), novels that reduce
one to prayerful tears.
57. Simmons, Geoffrey, Millions of Missing Links,
Harvest House, 2006 - great for the grandchildren!
58. Stove, David, Darwinian Fairy Tales, Eerdmans
59. Weil, Simone
Poetry: Herbert, Donne, Keats, Owen, Francis Thompson, Shakespeare,
Eliot, Hopkins and Wordsworth. Other Men's Flowers
by Wavell is my favourite anthology.
Articles
References for Articles
Barr, Stephen M. Retelling the Story of Science First Things
(March 2003)
Benedict XVI, University of Regensburg, Three Sages in the
Program of De-Hellenization
Sept. 2006 http://www.zenit.org/phprint.php
Benedict XVI's Planned Lecture at La Sapienza, The Truth
Makes Us Good & Goodness Is True Jan. 2008 http://www.zenit.org/phprint.php
Berlinski, David The Deniable Darwin
Commentary June 1996
Budziszewski, J. Handling Issues of Conscience
The Newman Rambler (Spring/Summer 1999), Vol. 3, No. 2
Budziszewski, J.The Revenge of Conscience
First Things (June/July 1998)
Coleman, Priscilla The Uniquely Destructive Psychological
Experience of Elective Abortion http://www.abortionresearch.us/vol17no62004.html
Harris, Lee The Future of Tradition
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/2932146.html
Hart, David B. Christ and Nothing
First Things (October 2003)
Holmes, Stephen Towards a Theology of Multiculturalism
http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/exploratory/articles/holmes02.pdf
Huddle, Thomas Teaching Professionalism: Is Medical Morality
a Competency?
http://thuddle.net/Documents/proofs%20of%20prof%20competence%208-05.pdf
Human Life Alliance Imposed Death
http://www.humanlife.org/eid.php
Jenson, Robert, How the World Lost its Story in First Things
Jones, David A. The Hippocratic Oath: Its Content and the
Limits to Adaptation
http://www.catholicdoctors.org.uk/CMQ/Aug_2002/hippocratic_oath.htm
The Hippocratic Oath II: The Declaration of Geneva and other…
http://www.catholicdoctors.org.uk/CMQ/2006/Feb/hippocratic_oath_ii.htm
Leff, Arthur Allen Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law
Duke Law Journal (Dec.1979)
MacIntyre, Alasdair The End of Education
Commonweal, (October 20, 2006)/ Volume CXXXIII, Number 18
MacIntyre, Alasdair How Virtues Become Vices: Values, medicine
and Social Context
In Evaluation and Explanation in the Biomedical Sciences:
97-111 1975
Midgley, Mary Selfish Genes and Social Darwinism http://www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org/articles/printer_friendly.php?id=15
Novak, Michael Remembering the Secular Age
http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=5922&var_recherche=July+2007
Quinn, Peter The Gentle Darwinians
Commonweal (March 8 2007)
Robinson, Marilynne on Dawkins The God Delusion
http://darwiniana.com/2006/10/23/marilynne-robinson-on-dawkins
Sayers, Dorothy The Lost Tools of Learning
http://www.gbt.org/text/sayers.html
Vermaat JA Euthanasia in the Third Reich
http://www.ethicsandmedicine.com/18/1/18-1-vermaat.htm
Willard, Dallas Beyond moral Bewilderment
http://www.ttf.org/index/journal/detail/moral-bewilderment
Dr. John Patrick
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